The Pope Leo XIV He started his first weekend as a pontiff gathering privately with the cardinals present in Rome in the morning. The two -hour meeting included reflections, exchanges and an explanation about the choice of his name.
Leo XIV met with Cardinals
In the first part of the meeting, the Pope shared reflections personal and then open to exchange with the cardinals. Prevost expressed his comfort to be accompanied and recalled that although the papal responsibility is heavy, the Lord never leaves him alone.
“The Pope, starting with St. Peter and ending with me, his unworthy successor, He is a humble servant of God and his brothers and sisters. It was demonstrated by the examples of so many of my predecessors, the most recent that of Francisco, with his style of full delivery in the service and sober essentiality in life, “said Leo XIV.
And he added: “Let’s collect this beautiful inheritance And let’s resume the road, animated by the same hope that springs from faith “, reflecting on the continuity of the Church’s mission.
Leo XIV: The choice of your name
Prevost also explained why his name is and expressed the reason in which Today the Church is called to “respond to another industrial revolution and the developments of artificial intelligence, that raise new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and work. “
In this regard, he remembered Leo XIII, the last Pope of the nineteenth century and author of several encyclicals, in particular the Rerum novarumin which he asked the Church to deal with workers and social reality.
On Sunday, May 11, Leo XIV will direct the first time the Regina Coeli in the Plaza de San Pedro, A very longed for the faithful. The following week, May 18, he will preside over the start of his pontificate, for which up to 250,000 faithful and responsible worldwide are expected.
Cardinals on Robert Prevost’s choice
International ecclesiastical voices pronounced on the assumption of Prevost. The cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich He rejected the idea of an ‘Anti-Trump’ option: “We have not chosen a Pope Anti-Trump. We chose a disciple of Jesus. Trump will pass, Leo XIV will last more“He told the Avvenare newspaper.
For its part, New York Archbishop, Timothy Dolanhe told the CNN his surprise for the choice of Premost. “At first I considered it peripheral, lI realized that what I knew about him was stellar, although little“, said.
Dolan said that in the General congregations that preceded the conclave, The profile of the future Leo XIV grew day Adía, winning trust. “This morning’s meeting has gone very well. We have also talked about the need to make the church more collegiate,” said the Cardinal of Madagascar, I will give tsarahazana.
Source: Ambito
